From phk at phk.freebsd.dk  Mon Apr  1 08:50:29 2019
From: phk at phk.freebsd.dk (Poul-Henning Kamp)
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2019 08:50:29 +0000
Subject: So ehhh. about Varnish 6.2...
Message-ID: <1965.1554108629@critter.freebsd.dk>

Two weeks ago we released Varnish 6.2:

	http://varnish-cache.org/releases/rel6.2.0.html

I didn't send an announce@ email at the time, there were a glitch
in package building, and then somehow I missed being told that was
resolved.

But here goes:

Varnish 6.2 was our bi-annual release, as usual there are changes,
bugfixes and improvements and most people should be able to upgrade
with no trouble at all.

6.2 is probably not going to be a long-term support release, (Yes,
I'm saying this fully aware that We said the exact same thing about
FreeBSD 6.2 and how impressively wrong we were about that :-)

The reason for this is that HTTP/3 is starting to look like a thing,
and in difference from HTTP/2, it looks like something which could
be a material improvement, and therefore something we want in Varnish.

To get from here to there will take some significant development,
and 6.2 is the first baby-steps in that direction.

We make no promises about HTTP/3 yet, but stay tuned.

As always:  A big thank to the Varnish Moral Licenses holders
who keep funding my Varnish habit: Uplex, Varnish Software, Fastly,
Section.io and Globo.

Without their support I wouldn't be on the last train out of town
(due to a train-strike) on my way to Amsterdam to participate in
the HTTP Workshop which is probably going to be a LOT about H3.

Anyway: 6.2 is here, and if you want any of the goodies in it,
have at it.

Poul-Henning

PS: Sent via a mobile phone in Northern Germany.

PPS: I love living in the future :-)

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